STANHOPE, LEICESTER FITZGERALD CHARLES:

Sketch of the History and Influence of the Press in British India; Containing Remarks on the Effects of a Free Press on Subsidiary Alliances, on the Delays of Office; on Superstition; on the Administration of Justice; on Flogging; and on Agriculture. Also, on the Dangers of a Free Press, and the Licentiousness of a Censorship. London, published by C. Chapple, Royal Library, Pall Mall, 1823.

. Pp. viii, 194. Modern quarter calf on marbled paper boards, spine gilt in compartments and with title label, g.e. First edition. Stanhope (1784-1862) was an army officer who in 1817 was appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General in India.

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TAGORE, RABINDRANATH:

The Gardener. Translated by the author from the original Bengali. London, Macmillian and Co., 1913.

. Pp. (viii), 150, (2) adv. With front portrait of Tagore at the age of 16. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt, with some minor wear. A card with Tagore's signature loosely inlaid. A few pages with small stain and some browning to the paper along edges, as usual. Tiny repair at very top of a few pages. First edition in English. Dedicated to W.B. Yeats. The Gardener, originally written in Bengali, is a book of love poems. According to the preface by Tagore: "Most of the lyrics of love and life, the translations of which from Bengali are published in this book, were written much earlier than the series of religious poems contained in the book named Gitanjali. The translations are not always literal - the originals being sometimes abridged and sometimes paraphrased." Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 as the first Asian recipient. He has been considered to be the greatest writer in modern Indian literature.

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Book number: 121163

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TAGORE, SOURINDRO MOHUN (Compiler):

Hindu Music from Various Authors. Part I. [For Private Circulation only]. Calcutta, Babu Punchanun Mekerjea, 1875.

. Pp. (xii), x, 315. With many illustrations. Contemporary red morocco, richly decorated in gilt, g.e., lightly rubbed. First edition. Comprises: "Treatise on the Music of Hindustan" by Captain N. Augustus Willard; "On the Musical Modes of the Hindus" By Sir William Jones; "On the Vina or Indian Lye" by Francis Fowke, etc. ; "The Oriental Music of Hindustan" by William C. Stafford; Music of the Hindus" by J. Nathan; Catalogue of Indian Musical Instruments" by Col. P.T. French; "Music of Ceylon" by John Davy, and more. A second part was issued in 1882 to accompany the second edition. Sourindo Mohun Tagore (1840-1914) was a famous Indian musicologist, having trained in his youth both Western and Indian classical traditions. He founded two institutions, the Bengal Music School in 1871 and the Bengal Academy of Music in 1882.

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TAGORE, RABINDRANATH:

The Parrot's Training. (Translated by the author from its original Bengali). Calcutta and Simla, Thacker & Spink & Co., 1918.

. 4to. Pp. (12). With eight full-page plates drawn by Abanindranath Tagore (nephew of Rabindranath Tagore). Some staining. Original pictorial paper wrappers designed by Nanda Lal Bose, one of Tagore's most famous pupils. Rare first English edition. The Bengali original "Tota Kahini" was published earlier the same year in the famous journal Sabujapatra. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), renowned Bengali poet, novelist, educator and composer has been considered to be the greatest writer in modern Indian literature. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 as the first Asian recipient. This story is Tagore's famous satire on the futility of education through rote-learning from books - 'parrot-fashion' - then prevalent in India. He was a pioneer of creative education in India and started the school Patha Bhavana at Santiniketan in 1901 with a philosophy of learning close to the heart as opposed to the strict and repetitive learning system that was common during Tagore's childhood. The poem is a metaphorical story about a king who wants to teach a carefree parrot about traditions and customs, not understanding that they mean nothing to the parrot and that the parrot just wishes to be free. The humorous drawings are by Abanindranath Tagore, the founder of the Bengal School of Art.

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Book number: 120549

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[SANSKRIT]. TARKALANKARA, CANDRAKANTA:

[Title in Sanskrit]. Udvaha candralokah. A treatise on the marriage rites of the Hindus. According to the Dharmahastras. Sherpur 1897.

. Pp. (viii), 186. Text in Sanskrit. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, repaired and stained. Published by Sri Haracandra Caudhuri Vidyavinoda. The author was professor in Sanskrit at Calcutta.

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Book number: 28143

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TARKARATNA, RçMNçTH:

... çryâ Lahari (containing 90 verses). Calcutta, Printed and published by B.N. Nandy, at the Valmiki Press, 1896.

. Pp. (vi), 222. Text in Sanskrit, also with title and dedication in English. Contemporary half cloth, spine gilt with title label (faded), lightly rubbed. Bookplate.

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THATCHER, PHYLLIS:

Soma and Seitha of Ceylon. Written and Illustrated by Phyllis Thatcher. London, The Zenith Press, ca 1937.

. Small 8vo. Pp. 29, (3). With charming colour illustrations. Original pictorial paper boards, with light wear along edges. Oxidation to staples. A rare children's book that tells the story of Soma and Setha in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). We assume the author was a missionary because of the content of the book.

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Book number: 121476

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TRIMES, HENRY (Compiler):

A Systematic Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns indigenous to or growing wild in Ceylon. With the vernacular names and with references to Thwaites's "Enumeration". Colombo, George J.A. Skeen, Government Printer, 1885.

. Pp. (iv), 137. Original printed paper boards, cloth spine. Loose in binding. Bookplates. Contains 1071 different species. The vernacular names are given in Sinhalese and Tamil, and in some cases also in English. ("Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for 1885"). Scarce.

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Book number: 121305

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TULLBERG, OTTO FREDRIK (Editor):

Malavika et Agnimitra. Drama indicum Kalidasae adscriptum. Textum primus edidit, in latinum covertit, varietatem scripturae et annotatinoes adiecit. Bonn ad Rhenum, H.B. Koenig, 1840.

. Pp. (iv), x, 108. With text in Sanskrit (pp. 1-95) and title, preface, contents and "Varietas scriptturae" in Latin. Contemporary blindstamped red paper binding, ruled in gilt, rubbed, spine chipped with some paper loss. This is the first western printing of "Malavika et Agnimitra", an Indian poetical and dramatic play written by the famous Sanskrit writer. Later editions appeared by Shankar P. Pandit (1869) and S.S. Ayyar (1896). Tullberg (1802-53) was a Swedish orientalist and musician. Zenker BO ii, 3338.

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Book number: 34092

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UJFALVY, KARL EUGEN VON:

Aus dem westlichen Himalaja. Erlebnisse und Forschungen. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1884.

. Pp. xxiv, 330. With five maps (of which four folding in colour), twenty plates, four folding tables and 102 illustrations in the text. Publisher's pictorial red cloth richly gilt. A beautiful copy of the first edition. A narrative of a scientific expedition in the Karakoram mountain range and the Baltoro glacier in 1881 by Karl Eugen von Ujfalvy, an Hungarian - Austrian linguist. He visited Srinagar, Baltistan, and Dardistan. It's mainly an anthropological treatise describing the inhabitants along the journey, and their customs, language, religion, commerce, industries, art and culture, etc. Aschoff 1944. Yakushi (1984) U08.

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Book number: 99760

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Keywords: South Asia, himlaya, himlaja, pakistan, kashmir, india, karakoram, Little Tibet, afghanistan, mongolia, asia, asien, asie, asiatic, travel, exploration, voyage,

VENEDEY, J.:

Engelska Ostindien. Hindustans natur, folk, historia och seder. Sthlm 1858. (and "Nyheter från alla världsdelar" Sthlm 1858. 80 pp.)

. Pp. (ii), 318. With one map and 24 steel engravings (2 with slight marginal stain). With library stamps. Half morocco gilt, corners sl. bumped. A Swedish translation from the German by Kiellman-Göransson. A good copy. BOUND WITH: "Nyheter från alla världsdelar" Sthlm 1858. 80 pp.

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Book number: 19105

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WEBER, DR. ALBRECHT / PERTZ G.H. (Editor):

Die Handschriften-Verzeichnisse der Königlichen Bibliothek. Part one: Verzeichniss der Sanskrit-Handschriften. Berlin 1853.

. 4to. Pp. xxiv, 481. With 6 coloured plates of manuscripts. Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt with four raised bands and title label. Bookplate (Upsala University). A handsome copy. Zenker BO ii, 5828.

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Book number: 14130

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WELLBY, CAPTAIN MONTAGU SINCLAIR:

Through Unknown Tibet. London 1898.

. Pp. xiv, 440. With portrait frontispiece, 4 folding lithographic charts, 76 illustrations in the text (of which 25 full page). Original pictorial cloth, gilt, worn, recased with new endpapers. Marginal stain to frontispiece and title page. St.o.t. (blind). First edition of this narrative of Wellby and Malcolm's journey across Tibet and northern China in 1896. They found a more northerly route to Peking than that of Bower. The journey started at Lucknow, continued to Simla and finished in the wilds of Waziristan. Cordier BS 2922. Marshall 869. Yakushi (1984) W50.

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Book number: 22027

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WILSON, A.:

The Abode of Snow. Observations on a journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, through the upper valleys of the Himâlaya. Second edition. Edinburgh & London 1876.

. Pp. xxviii, 436. With one coloured front and one large map. Contemporary red half calf on marbled boards, slightly rubbed. This is a narrative of the author's journey in 1873 from Simla to Kashmir through Shingo La, Paduon, Penze La, Dras, and Zoji La. When he reached Spiti he was refused to go further and he comments on the reasons for unwillingness of the Tibetans to allow foreigners to enter their country. It contains valuable ethnological observations. Cordier BS 2917. Yakushi W 87. Marshall 839.

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Book number: 13040

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S. FRANCISCI XAVERII.

Monita et exempla. Trichinopoli (South India), typis Collegii S. Joseph, 1897.

. Small 4to. Pp. 220, ii (Index). With engraved frontispiece. Original red calf, covers and spine ruled in black, title lettered in gilt on upper cover, g.e., upper corners worn. The teachings of Francis Xavier (1506-52), a Spanish Roman Catholic missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. He devoted most of his life to missions in Asia.

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Book number: 100768

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